I would expect Google Hangouts to use webRTC when available and use the Talk plugin only as a fallback.
I like Google Hangouts better than Skype considering most people have Gmail and they know how to use it. No need to create separate accounts or any other installation hassles specially good for older folks. I wish the plugin came pre-installed with Chrome Browser. And video quality could also use some work.
I love Google Hangouts, and prefer them to Skype, but they bring my laptop to its knees. Multicolored pinwheels everywhere.
Meetings.io was our go-to service for a while, it was just so insanely better than Google hangouts and skype. It showed so much promise, until sadly they were acquired and now it sucks.
i tried and it's a pain to install the plugin. never works on my debian-sid.
It works flawlessly on Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc. I have tried in all these distros myself.